ROCK

ARHGAP29 Regulates Keratinocyte Migration through the RhoA/ROCK Pathway

178 views | May 15 2022

Lindsey Rhea et al. demonstrated that ARHGAP29 regulated keratinocyte morphology and promoted migration speed and directionality through the RhoA/ROCK pathway, providing potential insight into its importance in craniofacial development. [Read the Full Post]

Response to netarsudil in goniotomy-treated eyes and goniotomy-naïve eyes: a pilot study

535 views | Mar 29 2022

Haochen Xu et al.showed that netarsudil had a greater IOP-lowering effect in eyes treated with prior goniotomy and might serve as a promising adjunctive ocular hypotensive agent to further reduce IOP in eyes with prior goniotomy. [Read the Full Post]

Chemical Reprogramming of Somatic Cells in Neural Direction: Myth or Reality?

0 views | Oct 22 2021

E M Samoilova et al. thought that reprogramming with small molecules without additional factors modifying gene expression did not allow reproducible production of human neural stem cell-like progenitors that could be used as the source of neural tissue for the regenerative therapy. [Read the Full Post]

A Rho Kinase (ROCK) Inhibitor, Y-27632, Inhibits the Dissociation-Induced Cell Death of Salivary Gland Stem Cells

762 views | Jun 23 2021

Kichul Kim et al. demonstrated the protective effects of Y-27632 against dissociation-induced apoptosis of SGSCs during their culture in vitro. [Read the Full Post]

Netarsudil: A new ophthalmic drug in the treatment of chronic primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension

705 views | Apr 18 2021

Mansi Batra et al. showed that the discovery of netarsudil was a breakthrough in the therapy of glaucoma with proven efficacy in a wide range of eye pressures and was well tolerated in cases with ocular hypertension and chronic glaucoma. [Read the Full Post]

Chemical Reprogramming of Somatic Cells in Neural Direction: Myth or Reality?

747 views | Oct 27 2020

E M Samoilova et al. found that reprogramming with small molecules without additional factors modifying gene expression did not allow reproducible production of human neural stem cell-like progenitors that could be used as the source of neural tissue for the regenerative therapy. [Read the Full Post]

Glucagon-like peptide 1 reverses myocardial hypertrophy through cAMP/PKA/RhoA/ROCK2 signaling.

884 views | May 14 2020

Fan S et al. suggested that GLP-1 might reverse myocardial hypertrophy through the PKA/RhoA/ROCK2 signaling pathway. [Read the Full Post]

The Rho-associated kinase inhibitor fasudil can replace Y-27632 for use in human pluripotent stem cell research

1247 views | May 12 2020

So S et al. suggested that fasudil can replace Y-27632 for use in stem research. [Read the Full Post]

Rho-kinase ROCK inhibitors reduce oligomeric tau protein

961 views | Feb 10 2020

Hamano T et al. suggested that ROCK inhibitors represent a viable therapeutic route to reduce the pathogenic forms of tau protein in tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease. [Read the Full Post]

Generation of Urine Cell-Derived Non-integrative Human iPSCs and iNSCs: A Step-by-Step Optimized Protocol

0 views | Jan 03 2020

Cheng L et al. showed the optimized protocol is an easy and fast procedure to yield both iPSC and iNSC lines from a convenient source of human urine in a single experiment. [Read the Full Post]